EP0714042B1 - Optical cable protected against humidity - Google Patents

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EP0714042B1
EP0714042B1 EP95203074A EP95203074A EP0714042B1 EP 0714042 B1 EP0714042 B1 EP 0714042B1 EP 95203074 A EP95203074 A EP 95203074A EP 95203074 A EP95203074 A EP 95203074A EP 0714042 B1 EP0714042 B1 EP 0714042B1
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
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    • G02B6/44382—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables the means comprising hydrogen absorbing materials
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
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  • This invention relates to an optical cable protected against humidity as well as a moisture-absorbing composition capable of protecting said cable against humidity.
  • this invention relates to an optical cable comprising (a) at least a closed longitudinal housing containing at least an optical fiber and (b) an outer coating permeable to water, wherein said fiber is protected by a moisture-absorbing composition that, after having absorbed water, releases it very slowly when the temperature of the cable rises.
  • cables be they electrical, conventional or of the optical-fiber type telephone cables, have the drawback of the possible entry of liquid water caused by discontinuities due to defects or to defective joints of the outer coating and/or, in particular in the case of submarine cables, of the external metal sheaths.
  • the manufacturers of cables have therefore always paid a great deal of attention to the investigation of protective coatings capable of opposing the entry of liquid water into the cable.
  • a first solution consists in filling the cavities where the conductors or optical fibers are housed with a composition having a paste-like and viscous consistency containing a moisture-absorbing compound that swells in contact with water and forms an actual plug that prevents the further penetration of water.
  • a second type of solution consists instead in placing, next to the conductors or to the optical fibers a spun thread or tape comprising a moisture-absorbing compound that swells in contact with water.
  • WO-A-88/10000 discloses a mixture comprising a moisture-repellent substance and less than 10% by weight, but at least 45% by volume, of a powder-like expandable synthetic substance wherein the high swelling speed is attained by reducing the size of the particles in the swellable substance to less than 50 ⁇ m.
  • US-A-5 278 217 discloses a moisture-absorbing spun thread comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, a moisture-absorbing resin, a hydrophilic compound and a surface-active agent.
  • the hydrophilic compound and the surface-active agent have the aim of increasing the speed of water absorption and, thus, of swelling, thus reducing the penetration of water to a minimum.
  • the amount of moisture-absorbing resin can vary from about 5% to about 97% by weight.
  • H. Sawano et al. disclose a swellable tape consisting of, in succession, a non-woven support, an adhesive layer and a layer of moisture-absorbing polymer that, in contact with water, separates from the support and fills the cavities of the cable thus preventing the propagation of water (loc. cit.).
  • a similar type of cable had already been disclosed by M. Fukuma et al. (loc.cit.). According to these authors, the negative effects of water on the optical fibers would be due to hydrogen released by the contact of water with the components of the cable, particularly if made of metal.
  • GB-A-2 185 591 and EP-A-0 600 640 disclose an optical fiber cable having a first housing containing optical fibres and a second housing including a conventional water absorbing composition.
  • an optical fiber cable substantially consists of at least a fiber of amorphous silica wrapped with a first coating of a UV cross-linked resin (primary coating) and with a second coating, also of a UV cross-linked resin (secondary coating).
  • first coating of a UV cross-linked resin
  • second coating also of a UV cross-linked resin
  • UV cross-linked resins used to form the primary and the secondary coatings belong to the family of the acrylic resins.
  • a certain number of optical fibers wrapped in this way is then made up into a bundle or embedded in a polymeric matrix to form a tape.
  • the bundles or the tapes are placed in longitudinal housings usually consisting of small tubes of polymeric material or by grooves in a core of polymeric material.
  • the gels, fibers or tapes comprising the moisture-absorbing compound are placed in close contact with said bundles or tapes within and/or round their longitudinal housing.
  • the whole is then wrapped by at least another extruded polymeric sheath.
  • the set of sheaths surrounding the longitudinal housings of the fibers is reffered to as "outer coating".
  • the cable described just now is dielectric. But it can also comprise reinforcing elements or metal electrical conductors, thus losing the dielectric property.
  • the cable can then be protected against water by a sealed and watertight metal coating. This protection is mainly used in submarine cables.
  • the discovery on which this invention rests refers mainly to cables without a watertight metal coating, whether they are dielectric, or not.
  • the first phenomenon that takes place in cables without a watertight metal coating is that the outer coating in plastic material, even though it is not damaged, is not completely impermeable to water vapour.
  • the permeability to water vapour of the outer coating varies as its nature and its manufacturing characteristics vary. The effects caused by permeability to water vapour of the outer coating depend above all on the content of water and on the temperature of the site where the cable has been installed.
  • outer coating permeable to water is used to mean a coating that has a permeability to water of from 10 -11 to 10 -6 g/cm/h/millibar when tested according to ASTM E96/1974 (See TEST I below).
  • the most commonly used coatings have a permeability to water of from 10 -10 to 10 -7 g/cm/h/millibar.
  • said outer coating consists of a sheath 0.5-3 mm thick of high density poly ethylene (HDPE), medium density poly ethylene (MDPE), low density poly ethylene (LDPE) or of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) and has a permeability to water of from 10 -9 and 10 -8 g/cm/h/millibar (tested with the abovementioned test).
  • HDPE high density poly ethylene
  • MDPE medium density poly ethylene
  • LDPE low density poly ethylene
  • PVC poly vinyl chloride
  • this invention aims to set up a moisture-absorbing composition that, in addition to absorbing water vapour that penetrates through a not damaged outer coating and to effectively preventing the propagation of liquid water inside the cable when a discontinuity of the outer coating takes place, is also capable of releasing water vapour slowly when the temperature of the cable rises in order to control the humidity level inside the longitudinal housing of the fiber and thus to avoid the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • the second housing is placed between said first longitudinal housing and said outer coating.
  • a moisture-absorbing composition according to this invention as set forth in claim 11 comprises from 45 to 60% by weight of a fluid hydrophobic compound (Component A) and from 40 to 55% of a moisture-absorbing compound (Component B).
  • the moisture-absorbing composition is more permeable to vapour.
  • the Composition of this invention may comprise a catalyst (Component D) capable of promoting the absorption of hydrogen gas by Component A.
  • a catalyst capable of promoting the absorption of hydrogen gas by Component A.
  • the moisture-absorbing Composition of this invention protects the optical fibers from hydrogen gas as well.
  • Component A is preferably selected from the group comprising saturated and unsaturated polyolefins having a molecular weight average number of from 200 to 3,000, saturated and unsaturated polysiloxanes having a molecular weight average number of from 1,000 to 10,000, polyhydric alcohols such as, for example, PEG 20, aliphatic, aromatic and naphthenic hydrocarbon oils whose viscosity is of from 50 to 30,000 centistokes, liquid esters such as dioctyl phthalate, liquid polyesters, and animal and vegetable oils.
  • saturated and unsaturated polyolefins having a molecular weight average number of from 200 to 3,000 saturated and unsaturated polysiloxanes having a molecular weight average number of from 1,000 to 10,000
  • polyhydric alcohols such as, for example, PEG 20, aliphatic, aromatic and naphthenic hydrocarbon oils whose viscosity is of from 50 to 30,000 centistokes
  • liquid esters such as dioctyl phthalate, liquid
  • Component A are polyisobutylene having a molecular weight of from 300 to 2,000, polybutadiene and optionally vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane.
  • Component B is selected from the compounds known for their ability to gel when they absorb water. Preferably they must be capable of absorbing at least 100% of water when exposed in a saturated environment at room temperature.
  • Typical examples of Component B are sodium polyacrylate and polymethacrylate.
  • Component C consists of pyrogenic silica.
  • Component D is preferably selected from the derivatives of the noble metals known for their ability to catalyze hydrogenation reactions.
  • a typical example of these compounds is palladium metal on activated charcoal.
  • the cable of Fig. 1 consists of a core 1 provided with helical cavities 7 that house the optical fibers 2.
  • Said core 1 is wound with a layer 3 of tape of a material impenetrable to the composition of this invention, preferably polyester, and with two layers 4 and 4' of tape of non-woven fabric impregnated by the composition of this invention.
  • the amount of composition of the invention that impregnates the tape of non-woven fabric is of 4-5 g/m, an amount that has been shown to be adequate in the case of the embodiment of Fig.1.
  • the cable of Fig. 2 comprises a dielectric axial element 3, for example in plastic reinforced by fiber glass. Round said element 3 there extends a helical bundle of small tubes 1 that house the optical fibers 2. Said bundle of small tubes 1 is wound with a layer of tape 4 of polyethylene.
  • the composition of this invention is preferably housed in the space located between said axial element 3, the small tubes 1 and said layer 4 4 of polyethylene. There then follow a sheath of polyethylene 6, a winding 5 of threads of KevlarTM, another winding of tape 4' of polyethylene and, lastly, another sheath of polyethylene 6'.
  • the space used for housing the filler is sufficient to contain an amount of composition of the invention adequate to ensure the required protection.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • Example 2 The preparation was carried out as shown in Example 1, except that 47.85 parts by weight of polyisobutylene having a molecular weight average number of 800 were replaced by 47.35 parts by weight of polyisobutylene having a molecular weight average number of 610 and 1.5 parts by weight of pyrogenic silica have been increased to 2 parts.
  • Example 1 The dispersion of Example 1 has been prepared on large scale by mixing for 2 hours, in an AgitomicTM machine (by Pinto, Milan), 47.85 kg of polyisobutylene, 0.5 kg of polybutadiene, 1.5 kg of pyrogenic silica, 50 kg of sodium polyacrylate and 0.15 kg of 5% palladium on activated charcoal.
  • the preparation was then completed by making the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained pass in a homogeniser and then in a degasifier consisting of two drilled disks placed close to one another and operating as a bubble breaker.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • Viledon tape K 1415 0.2 mm thick (by Freudenberg) consisting of a tape of non-woven fabric of heat-welded polyester fiber containing an amount of sodium polyacrylate equal to 50% by weight with respect to the totale weight of tape.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • the paste-like and thyxotropic dispersion thus obtained was refined with a three-cylinder refiner.
  • the container was then placed in a chamber wherein the temperature and the relative humidity level could be adjusted.
  • compositions of Examples 3 and 5 cause a substantial delay in the contact with the optical fibers of the water vapour that penetrates through the outer coating.
  • Comparative Composition 1 does not help in delaying the contact with the optical fibers of the water vapour that penetrates through the outer coating made of LDPE.
  • Comparative Compositions 2, 3 and 4 are of better help than that of Comparative Composition 1 but the dramatic reduction in the permeability observed when Component B is changed from 35% to 50% is surprising.
  • the test was also carried out on 5 layers of the Composition of Example 3 that were 5 mm thick.
  • Example 3 was 15 mm thick.
  • the test was also carried out on a layer of Comparative Composition 1 that was 0.2 mm thick.
  • the 15 mm thick sample of the Composition of Example 3 lost a little less than 1% per hour.
  • the drying speed of the Composition of Example 3 shows that, in the daily day/night cycle, water released by the Composition of this invention during the warm hours contributes only a few percentage points to the relative humidity of the cable and it is not in any case such as to allow critical values (75-80%) to be reached until the Composition has not been saturated.
  • the Composition of this invention undergoes a hardening that makes it substantially impenetrable to liquid water and that, moreover, prevents the diffusion of water vapour inside the cable.
  • thermo-mechanical analyser model METTLER TA 2,000.
  • the compression force applied during the check was 2,300 MPa and the frequency was 0.1 Hz.
  • the check was carried out on small disks of the compositions under examination (3 mm thick) after absorption of 35% (w/w) and 55% (w/w) of water.
  • the tests were carried out on samples of cable 0.3 m long whose outer coating was made of a 1 mm thick sheath of poly urethane (PUR) or medium density poly ethylene (MDPE) having a time constant for the permeation of vapour (Test I) of 8 and 190 hours, respectively.
  • the longitudinal housings of the optical fibers were small tubes 0.2 mm thick of poly butene terephthalate (PBT) having a time constant for the permeation of vapour (Test I) of 75 hours.
  • the primary coating of the fibre was consisting of a layer (about 30 micron) of acrylate 950/030 by DSM while the secondary coating was consisting of a layer (about 30 micron) of acrylate 950/044 by DSM.
  • the respective time constants for the permeation of vapour (Test I) were 8 and 12 hours.
  • the longitudinal housings of the optical fibers had been coated (15 g/m) with a composition of this invention or with a of comparative composition.
  • the comparative composition (CC) was consisting of NAPTELTM 851, petroleum jelly by British Petroleum.
  • the first type A cable sample was opened after 7 days and it was observed that the water absorbed was 5.5 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers was beginning to become separated on all the fibers.
  • the second type A cable sample was opened after 15 days and it was observed that the water absorbed by the fibers was 7.1 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers exhibited widespread separations on all the optical fibers.
  • the third type A cable sample was opened after 30 days and it was observed that the water absorbed was 8.4 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers exhibited separations greater than 100 micron on all the optical fibers.
  • the first type B cable sample was opened after 15 days and it was observed that the water absorbed by the fibers was 13.4 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers exhibited small separations on all the optical fibers.
  • the second type B cable sample was opened after 30 days and it was observed that the water absorbed by the fibers was 21 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers exhibited small separations on all the optical fibers.
  • the first type C cable sample was opened after 15 days and it was observed that the water absorbed by the fibers was 17.6 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers did not exhibit any separation on all the optical fibers.
  • the second type C cable sample was opened after 30 days and it was observed that the water absorbed by the fibers was 25.5 g/m and that the primary coating of the optical fibers did not exhibit any separation on all the optical fibers.

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